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Naturalization vs Domestication - What's the difference?

naturalization | domestication |

As nouns the difference between naturalization and domestication

is that naturalization is the action of naturalizing somebody; act of granting citizenship while domestication is the act of domesticating, or accustoming to home; the action of taming wild animals or breeding plants.

naturalization

English

Alternative forms

* naturalisation

Noun

(en noun)
  • The action of naturalizing somebody; act of granting citizenship.
  • The admission or adoption of foreign words or customs into general use.
  • The introduction and establishment of an animal or plant into a place where it is not indigenous.

    • domestication

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • The act of domesticating, or accustoming to home; the action of taming wild animals or breeding plants.
  • The act of domesticating, or making a legal instrument recognized and enforceable in a jurisdiction foreign to the one in which the instrument was originally issued or created.